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Re: 2012 Mark Teixeira Performance Thread

even if he took all the roids in the world what he did was legend. most impressive feat roids or not ever in baseball history

the idea that steroids allowed bonds to be a monster attributes too much. much like people would look at hulk's strength and imagine radiation is really ................ing crazy. (it's just accelerated dna ionization) people seem to have this idea that the roids are really magical because bonds did some crazy things. bonds did the crazy things because he is ................ing good.

Re: 2012 Mark Teixeira Performance Thread

Originally Posted by awy

even if he took all the roids in the world what he did was legend. most impressive feat roids or not ever in baseball history

the idea that steroids allowed bonds to be a monster attributes too much. much like people would look at hulk's strength and imagine radiation is really ................ing crazy. (it's just accelerated dna ionization) people seem to have this idea that the roids are really magical because bonds did some crazy things. bonds did the crazy things because he is ................ing good.

Re: 2012 Mark Teixeira Performance Thread

Originally Posted by awy

the idea that steroids allowed bonds to be a monster attributes too much. much like people would look at hulk's strength and imagine radiation is really ................ing crazy. (it's just accelerated dna ionization)

Re: 2012 Mark Teixeira Performance Thread

Originally Posted by BennyTheJetRodriguez

dont you think your Giambi vs Tex position is hypocritical given your Andy Pettitte hall of fame position? The HOF exists only to compare players to one another. As an admitted cheater, shouldn't Andy be kept out of the Hall?

I would say what Andy did was wrong, but not illegal. HGH was not banned in baseball when Andy used.

As for Tex, I think the biggest reason for the decline in his performance is the shift that he can't overcome and his obsession with the RF wall. His power numbers have never changed at any point in his career - it's his batting average and with it, his OBP that have tumbled.

Re: 2012 Mark Teixeira Performance Thread

Originally Posted by awy

i didn't say roids has no effect. it's just not as big of an effect as some imagine nor does it account for all of bond's performance

I'm not sure why everyone is so fascinated with dissecting the "% of performance" that steroids is accountable for. If you believe Bonds started in '98, he was a great player on a HOF trajectory. As he aged, he became OTHER-WORLDLY. He had an isop of almost .300 at age 42. Instead of his performance tailing off post-peak, it ramped up significantly.

Seriously unsure of why you're on this campaign to try and discount the effect of steroids, particularly on the guy whose poster is hung up over your bed.